Great opportunity in front of small breweries in Hungary

Small-scale breweries want to increase their market share to 10 percent. In Hungary, the market share of small breweries, excluding Pécs Brewery, is 2 percent, and thanks to the amendment of the Commercial Act, they aim to reach 10 percent in the coming years, said Zsolt Gyenge, President of the Association of Small Breweries (KSE). at the press conference of the National Agricultural and Food Exhibition and Fair (OMÉK). Last December, the National Assembly passed an amendment to the Trade Act aimed at helping smaller producers enter the beverage market and preventing large producers from ousting competitors through administrative legal means. By law, when selling beer, soft drinks and fruit drinks, fruit juices and fruit nectars, and mineral water and brine, restaurants may obtain up to 80 percent of their beverage stocks from the same manufacturer in each beverage category. The only exception to this provision is draft beer if the restaurant concerned ensures the continuous sale ...